Jimi Hendrix/Eric Clapton/Duane Allman: How grief provided inspiration for "Mean Old World"

On September 30, 1970, a puzzling announcement appeared in the Macon Telegraph.

Duane Allman will play at funeral jam for Hendrix

Macon Telegraph, September 30, 1970.

It didn’t happen.

But it did result in a gorgeous acoustic take on Little Walter’s version of “Mean Old World” with Duane and Eric that appeared on Duane Allman: An Anthology “Mean Old World.”

The story is in the video.